Cross, Deportees
Description
A Belgian Deportees Cross. The bronze Maltese cross has a ring suspension"1914" and "1918" are marked on the horizontal arms. The obverse and reverse are the same. The crimson ribbon attached to the cross features narrow chevron stripes of red, yellow and black.
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Collection
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This
Deportees
Cross
(
Croix
des
Deportes
)
was
gifted
to
Taranaki
Museum
as
part
of
the
collection
of
south
Taranaki
lawyer
John
Houston.
The
crosses
were
awarded
to
those
who
were
deported
to
Germany
from
Belgium
after
refusing
to
submit
to
the
forced
labour
regime
of
the
times.
Accession number
A74.899
Collection type
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